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Med term- Module 4 Flashcards

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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cis/o

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cut

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cost/o

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rib

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cutane/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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duct/o

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lead, carry

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flex/o

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bend

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furc/o

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branching

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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imunn/o

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protection

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

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death

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nat/i

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birth

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norm/o

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rule, order

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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pubis

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seps/o

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infection

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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tens/o

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force, strain, stretch

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the/o

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put, place

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thel/o, theli/o

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nipple

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland; shield

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o

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poison

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trache/o

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windpipe, trachea

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urethr/o

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urethra

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-drome

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run

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-fusion

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coming together; to pour

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-gen

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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measure

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-mission

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send

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-or

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one who

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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bear, carry; feeling

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-physis

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grow

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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structure or formation

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptom

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happening, occurrence

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-ptosis

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falling, drooping, prolapse

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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ad-

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toward

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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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with , together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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down, lack of

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

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ec-

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outside, out

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ec-

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outside, out

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endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside

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hemi-

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half

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hyper

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, under

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in-

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not

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in-

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into, within

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infra-

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beneath, under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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in. within, into

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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small

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

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many, much

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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before, forward

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pros-

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before, forward

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re-

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back again

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retro-

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behind, backward

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sub-

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under

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supra-

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above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

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one

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antibodies

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protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens

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antigen

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a foreign substance

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bilirubin

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a chemical pigment

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hemolytic disease of the newborn

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when antibodies attack and destroy the embryo’s RH+ RBCs

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adrenal glands

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endocrine glands above the kidney

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antibiotic

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chemical substance that has the ability to inhibit or destroy foreign organisms in the body

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erythroblastosis fetalis

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hemolytic disease of the newborn caused by a blood group incompatibility between the mother and fetus

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jaundice

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yellow-orange coloration of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood

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RH condition

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a condition where antibodies in a pregnant woman’s blood destroy her baby’s blood cells

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autoimmune

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disease caused by antibodies or lymphocytes produced against substances naturally in the body

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congenital anomaly

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abnormality present at birth

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contralateral

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affecting the opposite side of a part of the body

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ipsilateral

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beginning to or occurring on the same side of the body

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dialysis

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separation of nitrogenous wastes from the blood when the kidneys no longer function

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ectopic pregnancy

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pregnancy that is out of place

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parathyroid glands

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four endocrine glands on the posterior side of the thyroid gland

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parathyroid hormone

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secreted by the parathyroid glands; increases blood calcium

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-lapse

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slide, fall, sag

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prolapses

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sliding forward or downward

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polymerase chain reaction

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a lab technique used to amplify DNA sequences

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recombinant DNA

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insertion of a gene from one organism into the DNA of another

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syndrome

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signs and symptoms that occur together indicating a particular condition or disorder

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parasitism

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the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism

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symbiosis

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close interaction between two organisms living in close association

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symphysis

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bones that grow together separated by a piece of fibrocartilage

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transurethral

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pertaining to across or through the urethra

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echocardiograms

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sound waves used to image the structure of the heart

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sonogram

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image of sound waves as they bounce off of organs in the body

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ultrasonography

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use of high-frequency sound waves to produce a record or picture of an organ or tissue

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